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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam insists she will remain in office to tackle challenges including protests and economy as Beijing replaces its top envoy in city
- Hong Kong’ leader emphasises that her cabinet has been committed in past months to helping city overcome difficulties
- Carrie Lam also believes she can work well with Luo Huining, the new man in the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong’s embattled leader has insisted that she will stay in office to help tackle public health and economic challenges, when asked if she was concerned that Beijing might replace her after changing its top representative in the city.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor also believed that she could work well with Luo Huining, who took over from Wang Zhimin as director of the central government’s liaison office in the city on Saturday in the first major leadership change since anti-government protests broke out in June, sparked by the now-withdrawn extradition bill.
Luo’s appointment was announced by Xinhua news agency, which did not give a reason for the change, but a source familiar with the operation of the liaison office previously said Wang’s departure was a gesture towards holding him accountable for the pro-establishment camp’s defeat in November’s district council elections. The bloc lost heavily, winning just 60 out of 452 seats across the city.
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Before the weekly meeting of the Executive Council, the chief executive’s top advisory body, on Tuesday, Lam was asked if she was worried that the central government would also seek to replace her or her top officials.
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The chief executive did not give a direct answer, but emphasised that her cabinet had been committed in past months to helping Hong Kong overcome difficulties.
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